Transferable vancomycin resistance in clade B commensal-type Enterococcus faecium | Zendy

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Transferable vancomycin resistance in clade B commensal-type Enterococcus faecium

Author(s) -

François Lebreton,

Michael D. Valentino,

Katharina Schaufler,

Ashlee M. Earl,

Vincent Cattoir,

Michael S. Gilmore

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dky039

Subject(s) - enterococcus faecium , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , clade , vancomycin , plasmid , lineage (genetic) , context (archaeology) , genetics , virology , gene , antibiotics , bacteria , phylogenetics , staphylococcus aureus , paleontology

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium is a leading cause of MDR hospital infection. Two genetically definable populations of E. faecium have been identified: hospital-adapted MDR isolates (clade A) and vancomycin-susceptible commensal strains (clade B). VanN-type vancomycin resistance was identified in two isolates of E. faecium recovered from blood and faeces of an immunocompromised patient. To understand the genomic context in which VanN occurred in the hospitalized patient, the risk it posed for transmission in the hospital and its origins, it was of interest to determine where these strains placed within the E. faecium population structure.

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